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John Muir: Finding God in Every Leaf and Waterfall
Yosemite Valleyยท 1860s-1910s
John Muir, raised under severe religious discipline in Scotland, found his deepest sense of God not in his father's sermons but in the forests of...
Sundar Singh: Meeting Jesus on a Himalayan Road
Himalayasยท 1900s-1920s
Sundar Singh, a Sikh teenager who burned the Bible, encountered Jesus in a vision and spent thirty years walking barefoot through the Himalayas preaching...
Jim Elliot: The Jungle That Became an Altar
Ecuador
Jim Elliot sensed his calling in the mountains of Oregon and found his deepest communion with God in the jungles of Ecuador, where he and four companions...
Jentezen Franklin Led His Church Through a Corporate Fast and Everything Changed
Gainesvilleยท 2001
In 2001, megachurch pastor Jentezen Franklin launched an annual twenty-one-day corporate fast at Free Chapel.
Franklin Hall Fasted and Ignited the Healing Revival of 1947
San Diegoยท 1946-1947
Pastor Franklin Hall organized corporate fasting gatherings in San Diego in 1946 and published a book on fasting that influenced William Branham, Oral...
Mahesh Chavda Fasted for Forty Days and His Ministry Was Transformed
United Statesยท 1977
Pastor Mahesh Chavda completed a forty-day fast in 1977 and experienced a dramatic shift in his healing ministry.
How Corporate Fasting Built the Korean Church into the Largest in the World
Seoulยท 1953-2000
South Korean Christians built a culture of corporate fasting and prayer mountains from the 1950s onward.
Bill Bright Fasted for Forty Days and Launched a Movement of Two Million
Orlandoยท 1994
In 1994, Campus Crusade founder Bill Bright completed a forty-day fast at age seventy-three and felt God call two million Americans to fast for spiritual...
How Rees Howells Fasted Through a Plague and Nobody Died
Gazalandยท 1918
During the 1918 influenza pandemic, Welsh missionary Rees Howells fasted and interceded for his district in southern Africa.
Lou Engle Called 400,000 People to Fast and Pray on the National Mall
Washingtonยท 2000
In September 2000, Lou Engle gathered an estimated 400,000 people on the National Mall in Washington, D.C.
Daniel Fasted for Twenty-One Days and an Angel Broke Through
Tigris Riverยท 6th century BC
The prophet Daniel fasted for twenty-one days seeking understanding of a vision.
How Esther Called a Corporate Fast and Saved a Nation
Susaยท 5th century BC
Queen Esther called a three-day corporate fast across the Jewish community in Persia.
How John Hyde Fasted Until a Revival Swept Through India
Sialkotยท 1904
Missionary John Hyde fasted for thirty days before the 1904 Sialkot Convention in India, sparking a revival that brought hundreds to faith and transformed...
They Adopted Three Daughters โ Then Their World Collapsed in a Driveway
Franklinยท 2008
Steven Curtis and Mary Beth Chapman adopted 3 daughters from China. In May 2008, youngest daughter Maria was accidentally killed in their driveway.
Her Husband Was Killed by a Tribe โ She Moved In With Her Baby
Ecuadorยท 1958
After her husband Jim was speared to death by the Huaorani tribe in 1956, Elisabeth Elliot stayed in Ecuador and moved INTO the tribal village with her...
Boris & Dushka Vujicic: A Son Born Without Arms or Legs
Melbourneยท 1982
Boris and Dushka Vujicic were devastated when their son Nick was born without arms or legs in 1982.
A Father Read the Bible Every Night โ His Family Saved 800 Lives
Haarlemยท 1944
Dutch watchmaker Casper ten Boom read the Bible to his children nightly for decades.
28 Years of Addiction โ A Mother Prayed Every Day With a Bible and a Notebook
United Statesยท 2000
David Copeland was saved at 10 but chose addiction at 16 for 28 years. His mother Germaine prayed daily with Bible and notebook.
An Evangelist's Son Who Felt Nothing for 27 Years โ Until Jamaica
Jamaicaยท 1993
Andrew Palau, son of evangelist Luis Palau, spent 27 years apathetic toward faith despite growing up at crusades.
Billy Graham's Son Spent Years in Rebellion โ His Mother Never Stopped
Jerusalemยท 1974
Franklin Graham spent his youth in open rebellion despite being Billy Graham's son.
She Died When He Was 7 โ Her Words Saved Him in a Storm 20 Years Later
North Atlantic Oceanยท 1748
Elizabeth Newton taught her son John Scripture and hymns before dying of tuberculosis when he was 7.
A Mother Prayed 50 Miles Away โ Her Son Converted at That Exact Moment
Yorkshireยท 1849
In June 1849, Amelia Taylor locked herself away to pray for her son. At that exact moment 50 miles away, 17-year-old Hudson read a tract and surrendered...
Eliza Spurgeon: A Mother's Prayer That Haunted Her Children Into Faith
Essexยท 1840s
Eliza Spurgeon lost 9 of 17 children yet faithfully read Scripture every Sunday evening and prayed fierce prayers over her surviving eight.
She Raised 19 Children and Sparked a Global Movement
Epworthยท Early 1700s
Susanna Wesley raised 19 children through devastating loss, dedicating 2 hours daily to prayer and individual time with each child.